The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-10
KANSAS LEGIsLATURE.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
On Monday, senate bill 81, by Mr..
Buchan, providing for the improvement
of county roads, was passed.
This bill states that whenever ma
jority of the resident landholders within
one half-mile on either side along the
line of any regularly laid out road
within the terminal points mentioned
| in the petition, shall petition the board
of county commissioners of any county
in this state for the improvement of
any road as located or any part thereof,
| it is made the duty of such county COM
missioners to cause the same to be i'm
proved as provided in the body of
the bill. The petition must state
the name of the read and part sought
to be improved, the points between
which said improvements are to be
made, the kind of improvements and the
time for which assessments in payment
thereof are to be made, not to exceed
five years. The parties having charge
of and conducting the work are APP
pointed by the county board, and con-
sistS of three persons, resident land
owners of the county, to be known as
road commissioners, whose duty It is to
do the work in conformity with profile
and specifications filed with the county
clerk.
Senator Sheldon presented memoir
ial of the state convention of county
clerks for assessment and taxation and
a more accurate description of real
estate. Referred to committee on as
sessment and taXati q.
House bills numbers 30, Al, rs, 159,
so, 126, 1870, 100, 80, As, 40, 1877, 152, 243,
and POI, were read a second time and
referred; also senate bills 242, 243 and
pa.
NEW SENATE BILLS.
S. b. No. PAS, by Senator Harwi, an
act to amend section l, of chapter 100,
of the laws of 1885, and section 3 of
chapter I22 of the laws of 1876, provid-
ing for the organization of boards of
education in cities of the first class and
fixing the terms of said boards.
S. B. No. 246, by Senator Granger, an
act for the relief of suTeties on official
bonds and to discharge the same there
from.
S. b. No. 247, by Senator Sheldon, an
act providing for the erection of the
central building of the state house, and
to provide revenue therefor by special
levy of taxes, supplemental to an act
approved March 5, 1888.
S. Ii. No. 24S, by Senator Case, an act
to amend chapter of section AZ, ses-
sion laws of 1870, in relation to rail-
roads.
S. b. No. 249, by the committee on
temperance, an act to provide for the
suspension or removal of county, town
ship and city officers for neglect or fail
ure to perform any duty imposed by
law.
THE HOUSE.
The members of the house seemed to
be in an altogether different frame of
mind on Monday when the question o.
voting aid to railroads came up. Las
Friday the proposition to repeal thi
law was overwhelmingly defeated, and
the general feeling seemed to be that
the present law should be let alone,
but Mr.. Simpsons bill to reduce the
limit from 81 900 to 90 per mile was
passed ON Monday by the surprising
vote of ~ to 80. Mr.. Hunter and Mr..
Johnston of Lyon both voting for it.
NEW HOUSE BILLS.
By Mr.. Hargrave, concerning the re-
location of the county seat of Rush
county.
BY Mr.. Stratford, prohibiting corpor-
al and other painful and unusual pun
| ishments in state institutions.
By Mr.. Lawrence, relating to
county commissioners.
BY Mr.. Myton, to authorize Lakin
| township, Finney county, to vote $10,-
| 600 to build road through the sand
hills.
BY Mr.. Veale, to change the name of
Locust street, Metsker's addition, to
Linn street.
BY Mr. Veale, making an apprOpria-
The w, X. ~ $. w. IL. H.
The Commonwealth speaks as follows
of the proposition of the above road as
presented by Mr.. Conkling.
| Mr.. Conkling met the railroad com
mittee in the afternoon and as the rep
/ resentative of the Missouri, Kansas
Southwestern railway company, made
quite and enthusiastic statement con
corning the proposed line to the south
west and the advantages it would givt
to the country through which it passes
1t was proposed to construct an indie
pendent trunk line from st. Joe an'
Atchison, via Topeka, to EmpOria
from Kansas City to EmpOria; from
Emporia to Kingman; to the Indian
Territory, Ell Paso, Tex, and Albuquer
que, n. NJ. 1t is to be as near an al
line as practicable, and will be 256 mile
shorter than any rival line, not except
ing the Santa Fe.
| AS regards the company, its presi
dent, Mr.. Conkling said, is Genera
Richard y. Elmer, of New York City
who was first assistant postmaster gen
Andrews, the great New York banker
is first vice president. and the director
are all men of capital, i'll earnest in thei
undertaking and anxious to get to HOr
as fast as possible. There is abundan
capital behind the company. and sue
as wish to convince themselves on tina
point were invited to the closest invest
, igation. sit is legitimate, bona fid
enterprise said Mr.. Conkling, en-
phatically, land will be carried out. -
The construction company is alread
organized, and as. soon as the Line {
aid' is completed will begin work. I'll
: speaker said he had just had cOnfe
> ence at the Copeland with represent;
tives of a locality east of Topeka, VII
were anxious to secure the line, whiC
will strike Shawnee county on the we:
r and leave it on the north side. II
, spoke at length upon the benefits of
trunk line to the southwest, and asser
= ed positively that within eightee
months there would be a continuoI
S line from Kansas City to the Atlant
5 seaboard to connect with it.